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the choice of an evil character such as lord voldemort to represent the tradition of children's literature hardly seems appropriate imho. so harry potter himself wasn't good enough? of all the characters there are to choose from....

regarding guns, i think studies have shown that if criminals think/know that the average person is armed and/or has a gun in their home, then crime goes down. bottom line is you can't rely on police to protect yourself most times. there is no easy solution but as somebody else said, you will...

i with you on that one. the whole thing seemed rather bizarre, not like any opening ceremony i've ever seen. it had sort of a dark and creepy feeling. what was up with that big black scary puppet in the center? can't quite put my finger on it.....maybe cirque du soleil?

ya i really wouldn't worry about her at all. as raymond said, this person has zero credibility and should be taken with a grian of salt.

transferring wealth from creditor to debtor would depend on whether or not your debt is denominated in your own currency. then printing your way would be the way to go, what the states is doing right now and will continue to do. you are wrong however by your statement that it causes nothing more...

wow i just found out about this quote by boetcker while reading the wikipedia page. doesn't this sound so typical of most people today. what a great quote. Boetcker also spoke of the "Seven National Crimes": I don’t think. I don’t know. I don’t care. I am too busy. I leave well enough alone...

i've posted this before in other threads but it's worth repeating here: 1. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. 2. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong 3. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. 4. You cannot further the brotherhood of...

100% right, i totally hear you on this one except for the fact that i don't believe gold is in a bubble. i don't think it's even close. people have been saying it's in a bubble when it was at $800. when your mailman, taxi driver and butcher start talking to you about gold, that's when you know...

i wish people would stop using the term "conspiracy theories". it's a way to automatically discount somebody's opinion right off the bat without even stopping to remotely consider the information they are presenting. i don't understand how you can also say that no arguments have been made for...

so this article just came out today, which highlights the movement of the emerging markets away from dependency on the dollar and western credit markets. china is slowly, without much media attention, taking the necessary steps to ensure that it will be the world's dominant power of the future...

willwright and flurec, you guys should come along to the next economic meeting discussion, whenever it is arranged. before the meeting however, i would recommend watching the 2 videos that towncryr mentioned if you haven't already seen them: the secret of oz and money as debt.

ok fair enough. ok but again, if the dollar hyper inflates, one of the biggest beneficiaries will be gold, along with other tangible assets such as commodities and properties. what's unique about gold however is that it is a monetary commodity. it's portable and extremely liquid. you're not...

ok well, we'll have to just agree to disagree on this one as we seem to have differing opinions on the man and his motives. i see him as one way, you see him as another. i don't follow you at all on this one. how has its value been created out of thin air and how could it be debased far more...

hey jenna do you like stand up comedy? if so head over to cafe rivas on the corner of estados unidos and balcarce(san telmo). https://www.facebook.com/events/162554403853317/ show starts in about an hour and i think it's only 30 pesos. plus don't forget tomorrow's a holiday!

sure, i really don't know which stock(s) paid the dividend. you can reference the below article however to see that together with his dividend payments, his adjusted gross income added up to over $62 million in 2010 and that his effective federal income tax rate was only 11%. "Buffett pays...

you are absolutely correct. it's all about timing and now is gold's time. if we were living under normal economic conditions then gold would be the last thing you'd want to own. however we are living in times of uncertainty, banking crises, sovereign debt crises, fraud(MF Global), money...

great thread. if i can just toot my own horn a little bit, i first started posting on this forum over 3 years ago for people to buy gold and silver. back then the price was around $950 and today it's about $1625 and poised to go higher. i agree with arlean's earlier post that gold was meant to...

brad, check out this interesting documentary by bill still called the secret of oz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkq2E8mswI you bring up an interesting point regarding shortages of currency. in theory, the amount of currency should increase/decrease with the amount of products in the...

which country is currently, at present, using austrian theory? also what are your feelings on the federal reserve? should it be abolished? do you believe that it is a private bank controlled by a banking cartel?

you were the one who stated that another person's viewpoints were "nonsense". all you did to back up this claim was to post a link to a paper. when asked to elaborate just a little bit you suddenly bow out of the debate. how convenient for you. you've made some bold, sweeping statements. all...